Expected Mt. Baldy conditions on Monday, 2/11/2008?

baldyskier

baldyskier

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My 11 year old daughter has Monday, Feb. 11th off, and I was considering taking her and one of her friends skiing at Mt. Baldy. I noticed that the weather is warming up some. My concern is that it may not be getting cold enough at night to set the snow up.
Should I expect spring conditions, or will it be more like mush? The girls would be mostly skiing chair 2, the beginner chair. My daughter has gone skiing a couple times, but hasn't really gotten bitten by the ski bug yet, so I'm trying make sure that she and her friend will have an enjoyable experience.
 
baldyskier":2l0vm3fa said:
I noticed that the weather is warming up some. My concern is that it may not be getting cold enough at night to set the snow up.
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actually, these kinds of temps should make for excellent skiing conditions.
 
I would expect decent spring conditions. A few steep direct north facing areas like Emile's, Liftline trees and Goldridge might still be packed powder. Chair 4 should be good in the morning but mush after lunch. Chair 1 runs will probably be hard in the morning and decent by mid-afternoon.

Off trail conditions are hard to predict without a recent eyewitness report. It can be set up snow that is very difficult. Weekend skiers will hopefully pack some of it down.

I'm on the road, or else I would have contacted Garry Klassen to get the real scoop.
 
On groomed runs, expect hard packed snow, off trail, hard-packed to maybe some stashes of softer packed pow. Once it warms up conditions should improve significantly. Off chair 1 it's all ice capades in the AM, but by afternoon it'll soften enough in the gullies to make it doable. I would call it loose granular in these spots.

If you're just looking for a fun beginner experience, Baldy may not be the call for your girls. I'd take 'em to High and ride the Discovery Chair at the top of East instead. That or head up to Bear and head to the Family Park on Chair 9 at Summit. They'll probably have a much better experience at either place.
 
Sorry I didn't read the post more carefully. Baldy is definitely a bad place for beginners. Both of Aukai's suggestions were excellent.
 
Just back and checked with Garry about Baldy. Coverage is good, and it's mostly full-on spring mode as one might expect with the warm weather: chair 4 is good in the morning and chair 1 in the afternoon.

On the downside, there was some mixed precip in that storm a week ago, so there's some hard snow (and limited closures) in the sheltered places that I expected to have packed powder. South Bowl is closed for the same reason. The groomed Robin's and Skyline on Thunder are in great shape according to Garry.
 
Ryno":1eogs5t3 said:
kinda late but...

excellent spring condit's yesterday.
finished the day by taking 4 up, dropping down a little, then skiing along a ridge awhile before dropping into a nice little bowl just above the parking lot (PIC in link below).

http://forums.mammothmountain.com/forum ... erthread=y
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Whats up Ryno:) It was a pleasure skiing with you on Sunday.Go to Waterman this Saturday if it is open.We will have the same crew and more,Chris.
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